A “simple” (by comparison to similar guides, anyway) guide to an overly complex process that took well over 3 hours of searching tutorials to get right. Basically, it’s to download and run android marketplace apps on your PC instead of a phone/tablet. I advise that you acquire these files from an android device and then transfer them to your PC first. Make sure you have the rights to use these files! All of this is for PC. It should work on Linux as well. I don’t care about macs and if you’re trying to do anything other than look pretentious in public, you should buy a different computer. No, I don’t care that it can run windows. So can a real computer. To start things off, you need these files: 1. Android Dev Bridge (Included along with #2 here: www.mediafire.com ) 2. Oracle’s Virtual Box VM software (note: if you have other VM ware, use this anyway due to:) 3. Buildroid for Virtual Box (Found here: buildroid.org ) 4. Up to date .net framework, java, and other such goodies. 4.5 If you get errors with #1, install the android dev kit from dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r12-windows.zip Steps: 1. Install VirtualBox 2. Make sure all your background extra stuff like Java and .net framework is up to date, just in case 3. Download and run Buildroid to load up a pre-configured, pre-compiled virtual android tablet. 3.5 If you get any errors here, consult the buildroid site linked below, or post in the comments. The site is very handy at resolving these! 4. Run the ADB 4.5 Any …
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[TUTORIAL] How to Transfer Files to Buildroid, Install, and Play Android Games on your PC!
August 18, 2012
Windows 8 Developer Preview Installation
November 3, 2011